Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Anointing » Of the body
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Ointment » Not sacred
While He was in Bethany, He was a guest in the home of Simon the leper, and as He was sitting at table, a woman came in with an alabaster bottle of pure nard perfume, very costly; she broke the bottle and poured the perfume on His head. But some of the guests were indignantly saying to themselves, "Why was such a waste of the perfume made? It might have been sold for more than sixty dollars, and the money have been given to the poor." So they kept on grumbling at her.
Then Mary took a pound of expensive perfume, made of the purest oil, and poured it on Jesus' feet, and wiped them with her hair; and the whole house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. But Judas Iscariot, one of His disciples, who was going to betray Him, said, "Why was this perfume not sold for sixty dollars and the money given to the poor?"
Preciousness of Christ » On account of his » Name
thus proving Himself to be as much superior to angels as the title He has inherited is superior to theirs.
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Woman » Illustrative » (chaste and holy,) of saints
These are the men who have not been defiled by relations with women, for they are as pure as virgins, These are the men who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These have been redeemed from among men as the first fruits for God and the Lamb,
Verse Concepts
For I feel a divine jealousy for you, as I betrothed you to Christ, to present you as a pure bride to her one husband.
Verse Concepts